Dr. Ahmed El-Attar

Head of CAPQ

The fast growing global economic in thearea with the sustainable development intransportation means, Making up a goodenvironment for the international trademovement of exportation and importation.

This subsequently is increasing the pestrisk for the international flow of plantconsignments and plant products withpossibility of carrying plant pests from aninfested area to another.

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt

The total cultivated land of 9.4 m feddans / 3.77 million hectares

Egypt export about 6 million ton of fresh agriculturalproducts, for more that 100 countries, mainly:Citrus, Potato, Onion, Grape, Strawberry, Pepper, Tomatoand Dates

Import about 25 million ton of fresh products, mainlycereals:Wheat, Soybean and Maize

Egypt is about 1 million km2 area with about 100 millionpopulation

World Citrus Production

Source FAO statistics

2017-2018

In 1902 , the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella)was introduced to Egypt via infested cotton seedconsignment imported from India.

Egypt started to apply the concept of Plant Quarantine in1904. As a result, produced a series of laws includinglow no.10, followed by law no.21 of 1906, law no.1 of1916, law no.53 of 1966 and its updates till 2018.

* The law no. 1 of the year 1916 considered the mostefficient at the time since it had prohibited the importationof cotton plant and its plant parts, any living harmful plantpests including insects, fungi and bacteria.

The Egyptian plant quarantine is the portal on the world

Is the first line of defense and protection against entrance of any diseaseor pest that damage the agricultural wealth of Egypt, as well as preventpest movement outside the country.

Is the gateway to exports through setting bilateral agreements andcertification

It is a package of legislations and technical procedures applied to theexported and imported agricultural consignments.

Fulfill phytosanitary requirements of importing countries.

Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

Agricultural Services and Follow-up Sector

Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (Headquarter)

Phytosanitary Unit (SPS)Technical

Office

Statistical and data analysis

unit

Operational sub-

administrationExporters Council

OfficePest Risk Analysis Section

Market Access Section

Regional offices

Providing scientific technicalsupport for the administration

Providing tech. support

Data reporting Applying theoperational supportand phytosanitaryinspections(C0mmodities,vessels, boats,airplanes), sampling,emergency actions,post-entryquarantine,consignmentdestruction.import permits

Mediates and managing missions for inspectors

notification to IPPC portal updating and reviewing pest list,

Importing statistics

Auditing farms, monitoring PFAs, organizing pest surveys

Exporting statistics

Implementation of poytosanitary requirements according to ISPMs

Awareness campaigns

Assistant sectors

Agriculture Research Center

Specialized Laboratories Central Administration of Seed Certification

- Plant Pathology Res. Inst.- Plant Protection Res. Inst.- Weeds Res. Inst.- Horticulture Res. Inst.

- Potato brown rot project- Central Lab. of Residue Analysis of Pesticides- Virology Lab.- Plant Quarantine Pathogens

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What is the international system that the Egyptian plant

Quarantine is part of ?

• The Egyptian Plant Quarantine is working throughoutthe implementation of the IPPC regulations followingits national legislations reflected on making ISPMs aseffective as possible.• The agriculture trade between Egypt and worldwide is

carried based on the regulated pest list published onIPPC webpage:

https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/egypt/reportingobligation/2018/11/updated-list-of-regulated-pests/

اتات المنظمة القطرية لوقاية النب

NPPO

Agriculture law No. 53/1966 and all it updates

(2018)

Quarantine Menistrial Decree

Egyptian Plant Quarantine legislation (No. 562/2019).

Conditions and standards of relevant international

agreements.Revising the agreement according to ISPMs

Quarantine regulation of imported countries.

Regional, bilateral and multilateral agreements

The National legislations Framework

- Inspection of exported and imported consignmentsas well as plant products with passengers and mailedproducts (exported & Imported)

- Pest Report

- Prevention of Quarantine pests through settingaccurate import regulations

- Distribution of information within the countryregarding the pests and diseases of plants

- Conducting Pest Risk Analysis

- Establishment and maintenance of Pest Free Areas

- certificates relating to phytosanitary condition andorigin of consignments

CAPQ

Research Institutes

Research Lab

Working as NPPO

- Conducting specific surveys

- Diagnosis

- Assist in the preparation of technical files for

commodities to support market accesses requests

- approached when reference data is required for general

surveillance & PRAs

How this work is managed

To regulate the Work the CAPQ developed MoUs with

the different institutes in order to have a regulatory and

institutional framework to perform as an NPPO.

Overview of cases of surveillance, non-compliance and manage of regulated

pests

OR

International standards

Risk assessment

Measures are based on:

Bacterial pathogen is a limiting quarantine pest for Egypt.

A national project (PBRP) was initiated since 1974 for disease

detection and management. As a result, Pest Free Area was

introduced on 1995 for cultivating certified potato seeds.

PBRP has the capacity building and trained personnel for annual

and regular inspection and equipped with modern technology e.g.

RT-PCR test.

This framework is approved by the Egyptian NPPO to produce

authentic results for absence/presence of the disease in potato

consignments (imported seeds or exported ware potatoes).

(Potato Brown Rot)

Measures taken 2016

Notification of Emergency Action on WTO website ″G/SPS/N/EGY/75″

EMERGENCY PLAN to prevent entrance of Xylella fastidiosa

Suspension of issuance any import permits for anyhost plant of X. fastidiosa from countries where X.fastidiosa was reported: Italy, Paraguay, Ecuador,Venezuela, USA, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica,Argentina, Brazil, Iran, China（Taiwan）

Host plants to be banned from importinginclude propagation material of: olive, citrus,grapevine, stone fruits, pome fruits.

Measures taken till end of 2016

Participation in regional PRA

with the NEPPO (Near East

Plant Protection Organization)

Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Malta,

Morocco, Pakistan, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia;

Neighbour: Lebanon, Palestine

Other plant propagation material imported fromaforementioned countries should include Additionaldeclaration on the phytosanitary certificate that states:

The ornamental plants or propagation material areoriginated in officially recognized pest-free area from X.fastidiosa according to ISPM#4 and produced in certifiednursery applying traceability system

The consignment has been inspected and found to be free from xylem feeding insects

Measures taken 2017- 2018

Challenges in pest surveillance, diagnosis, pestrecordings, and pest risk analysis.

Funding awareness and training programs.

Increasing the number of reference laboratorydedicated for diagnosing quarantine pests.

Establishing unit to create and maintain the pestfree areas for the different exporting crops.

Challenges in phytosanitary measures

Computerization of all Plant Quarantine procedures and

inspection system.

Alerting system and imposing the Pest Risk Analysis

Market access for Egyptian agriculture exportations to

fulfill the phytosanitary requirements.

Supporting and increasing the efficiency of inspectors

and admin. staff.

Updating the infrastructure (fumigators, administrative

buildings, laboratories).

L/O/G/O

Thank You!

7/29/2019